Champion Data rates Collingwood’s onball brigade the fourth-strongest of all AFL clubs in 2019 (behind Melbourne, Geelong and Adelaide), and with names like Steele Sidebottom, Daniel Wells and Tom Phillips queuing up behind Treloar and co. it’s not hard to see why.

Treloar said while Brodie Grundy was a lock to play in the ruck, choosing three teammates to also start in the centre square would pose a nice problem for coaching staff.

“I think we’ll have Tay (Taylor Adams) in there (in the starting midfield). He’s an absolute star, a big bull and probably one of the best contested ball players in the game,” he said.

“We’ll have Pendles, obviously being a champion of the game for the last 10 years ... and I’d say we’d have someone like Beamsy.

“There’s plenty of room for me to come off the bench or sit in the forward line and then come and have my burst in the midfield.”

Treloar might have been modest when discussing the likely starting midfield quartet, but with centre square positions at a premium he hinted that, at times, he might play a similar role to De Goey.

“What we preached when we came back last year and this year is we really need to embrace our secondary role,” he said.

“So for me, my secondary role is going to be playing as a high half-forward or a deep forward, the way that Jordy sort of played last year.”